Tre’Davious White gave LSU a major shot in the arm, however, with a 21-yard pick-six to make it 13-7.
Advertisement
Southern Mississippi 44, Kentucky 33: In Lexington, Ky., Nick Mullens ran for two 1-yard touchdowns – including the go-ahead score late in the third quarter – and passed for two TDs as Southern Mississippi scored 34 unanswered points to upset Kentucky.
Wisconsin Badgers linebacker Jack Cichy reacts after stopping LSU Tigers running back Leonard Fournette short of a first down in the second quarter at Lambeau Field. The game also marks the first career start for Wisconsin quarterback Bart Houston.
During ABC’s broadcast of the game on Saturday, the topic of the “Lambeau Leap” came up. But this didn’t look like team that can compete for an SEC title. Dixon went down after the interception and then started running.
After maintaining possession for 13:07 in the opening quarter, Wisconsin was in position to break a scoreless tie early in the second quarter. Looking to make a play on third down, Houston’s first look was to Fumagalli who was covered. He was under pressure, but had time to settle down and throw the ball away. He has the benefit of having worked already for a full season with the offensive-minded Chryst, entering his second year as head coach.
LSU isn’t playing an official road game here, but Lambeau Field is a hell of a lot closer to Madison than it is to Baton Rouge. To get into field goal range, Leonard Fournette rushed for 15 yards before exiting with a minor leg injury.
No. 24 OREGON 53, UC DAVIS 28 (at Eugene, Ore.) – Dakota Prukop made his debut for the Ducks, throwing for 271 yards and three touchdowns as OR beat the Aggies. Wisconsin’s Chikwe Obasih recovered at the LSU 36.
WIS-Gaglianone 47 yard field goal, 3:47. Rutgers (at No. 14 Washington) last played a ranked opponent to start the season in 1985.
“With everything that’s going on right now in Louisiana, and what we went through, LSU football, I think, and what the team thinks, will help the community out, no matter what they’re going through, just to bring their hopes up high”, Fournette said.
In the debut for Missouri coach Barry Odom, the Tigers lost an opener for the first time since 2001, which was the first season under previous coach Gary Pinkel. Mullens then sandwiched 1-yard TD runs around an 18-yard scoring pass to Julian Allen, followed by two Parker Schaunfield field goals.
No. 1 Alabama 52, No. 20 USC 6: In Arlington, Texas, true freshman quarterback Jalen Hurts threw two touchdown passes to ArDarius Stewart and ran for two more scores, and top-ranked Alabama opened its national championship defense with a rout.
The two teams traded punts on the next four drives until the Badgers finally got something going offensively midway through the fourth quarter.
Fournette will likely have a big game just because Brandon Harris will have a tough time passing the ball against this secondary. “So it’s better than a Packer game”, says Joe Zehren, part owner of The Bar.
Colby Delahoussaye’s point after touchdown cut LSU’s deficit to 13-7 with 5:28 remaining in the third quarter.
Wisconsin dominated the first-half statistics.
LSU: FCS school Jacksonville State visits Tiger Stadium for LSU’s home opener on September 10.
Advertisement
Meanwhile, the depth question came to the forefront on the first defensive snap of the game when starting inside linebacker Chris Orr went down with a right leg injury.
